PART 2ADDITIONAL LEARNING NEEDS

CHAPTER 2INDIVIDUAL DEVELOPMENT PLANS

Information about plans

I1I3I10I5I2I13I11I12I4I7I8I9I622Provision of information about individual development plans

1

If a governing body or a local authority prepares an individual development plan for a child or young person, it must give a copy of the plan—

C3a

to the child or young person, and

C4b

if the plan is for a child, to the child's parent.

2

If a governing body or a local authority becomes responsible for maintaining an individual development plan that was previously being maintained for a child or young person by another body, the governing body or local authority must—

C2a

inform the child or young person that it has become responsible for maintaining the plan, and

C1b

if the plan is for a child, inform the child's parent.

3

If a local authority prepares an individual development plan for a looked after child or becomes responsible for maintaining an individual development plan for a looked after child that was previously being maintained for the child by another body, it must also give a copy of the plan to the child's independent reviewing officer.